MEET MS MAUREEN LYNOTT

The meeting’s objective was to resolve the outstanding issues, including those relating to structures, governance and accountability. This has now been achieved.

The final draft of this policy is to be circulated shortly to the Sponsoring Bodies and members of the Working Group.

ENDSNOTES TO EDITORS* The Steering Group of the Working Group on Child Protection Policy represents its three sponsoring bodies: the Irish Bishops’ Conference; the Conference of Religious in Ireland and the Irish Missionary Union.

* The Working Group to develop a comprehensive Child Protection policy for the Irish Catholic Church held its first meeting on June 5th, 2003. Led by management consultant Maureen Lynott, the Group was established by the Irish Bishops’ Conference, the Conference of Religious of Ireland (CORI) and the Irish Missionary Union (IMU). Members of the group included experts in education, health, child protection, social work, law enforcement, victims’ rights representatives and theologians. The group concluded its work on the September 16th, 2004.

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